Winding machine



Sept. 11, 1928.

C. L. SAAL WINDING MACHINE Filed April 29, 1927 lNVE/JTO BY v ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN L. 'SAAL, or rarnnsoiv, NEW 'JEnsEm'AssIGNon or ONE-FOURTH TO WILLIAM LAnssIs, on rarnnson, NEW JERSEY.

WINDING MACHINE. 7

Application filed April 29,

This invention relates to winding maj be movable, as upwardly from rotary driv- 'ing means having its axis horizontal. 'It is known in these machines to provideindividual ejectors, arranged oppositethe respective wound masses of the packages being formed, for automatically causingthev packages to be shifted clear of the driving means and. stop their rotation when they have been filled or wound to a given diameter. I-Ieretofore, however, when it was desired to change the diameter of the packages produced in these machines it was necessary to adjustindividually all of the mentioned ejectors. My present invention contemplates avoiding this and makin only one adjusting operation necessary. It also con templates the provision of means whereby the attendant can determine at a glance just what diameter and hence yardage the produced packages will have. In my machine I further use an eccentric to serve as an ejector and in order that it may bemade to operate with equal efficiency in whatever position it is adjusted Iprovide in a novel way for further adjusting thereof.

.In the drawing,

Fig. l is aside elevation of: as much of a v winding machine as embod es-the present 'lnvent-ion; I 1 P Fig. 2 is a plan thereof; and- I Fig. 3 .is a sectional view through'one the packages. The frame 1 includes the usual series of projecting brackets 2 formed with guideways 3 for the package trunnions and top notches aback of the guidewa-ys to receive said trunnions in the rest or' idle positions of the packages. The package driving means takes the usual form, to wit, a suit of two parts, a spindle 7 whose'end's afford the mentioned trunnionsand having a whirl 8 which actually receives the driving contact of the corresponding wheel 6, and a spool 9 removably fitted on the spindle and on which-the winding of the thread or yarn is directly effected. 10 is the usual thread- 1927. Serial No. 187,585.

guide rail, suitably caused to traverse in brackets 11, and 12 its thread-guides. It

will be understood that the yarn orthread comes from any suitable supply, as swifts free to rotate'i'n the frame and not herein shownr In suitable bearings 13 on the frame I journal a horizontal rock-shaft 14, which protrudes from the frame at one end and there has a. handle 15. This shaft has allixed to it by set-screws 16, so as to be adjustable around it, a series of arms 17, one for, and'arranged to project under the portion (here the spool)" ofeach core where the windings are formed. In each arm, with its axis horizontal, is a bearing mem her or stud 18, secured by a nut 19 screwed thereon and a shoulder 20 coacting to clamp the arm; there is a longitudinal slot 21 in thearm permitting adjustment of the stud across the arc in which the bearing member moves when the support afforded by the rock-shaft and its arms is rotatably adjusted. the form ofan eccentric 22 which is free to rotate and is normally held by gravity in Turning the arm one way or the other raises or lowers all the ejectors simultaneously. Thus by a single adjusting operation the extent to which the winding of all the packages may. proceed is determined, it being understood that whenever any package attains that. diameter at which it obtains contact-with its ejector the latter by the tractionis rotated, elevating one end] of the package clear of the driving wheel and cansing the corresponding trunnionto come to rest in its notch at.

A dial plate 23 is secured to the end of the machine and has a dial 24 with suitable indices thereon indicating yardage, for example, and with reference to this dial is movablea pointer 25 pivoted in the dial plate and connected by gearing 26, journalled in the dial plate, withthe shaft 14. By this means the attendant canreadily determine what yardage. each spool will attain before stopping of its rotation will occur.

On the stud is an ejector herev in.

row of ejector I/Vhen the ejection occurs the eccentric should be certain of pertorn'iing its part in causing the package to move over into the notch 4: represent ,g its rest or idle position, due to the rotating spool then rolling on the eccentric toward such position. To

make this possible and yet apply the invention to machines in working position oi horizontally inward which the rotating or the packages may vary or outward (in F 1,

right or left) prtivide tor the mentioned adjustment or: stud 18 (and hence the eccentric) in the slot- Ll, or across the arc in which the stud mo with arm 17.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is: V

1. In combination, a frame, rotary driving means therein having its axis substantiall horizontal, the frame havingmeans for supporting the cores of the packages to beformed incontacting relation to but so as from the drh ing means, a devices arranged to be en gaged by the peripheries ot the wound masses of the respective packages in the winding thereof and on such engagement shift the packages away from the driving means, and a common support for all the ejectors adjustable in the frame to move the ejectors simultaneously toward or from the packages.

2. In combination, a frame, rotary driving means. therein having its axis substantially horizontal, the :tramehaving means for sup porting the cores of the packages to be formed in contacting relation to but so as to be movable row of eject-or gaged by the masses of to be movable devices arranged to be enperipheries of the wound the respective packages in the winding thereof and on such engagement shift the packages away from the driving" n'ieans, and a common support for all the ejectors adjustable in the frame around 2111' axis substantially parallel with the firstnamed axis tomove the ejectors simultaneously toward or from the packages. 7

3. In combination. a fran'ie, rotary driving means therein having its axis substantially horizontal, the frame having means for sup-. porting the cores of the packages to be formed in contacting relation to put so as from the driving means, a

to be movable from the driving means, a row of ejector devices arranged to be engaged by the peripheries of the wound masses of the respective packages in, the

windin thereot and on such en agement to a 0;

shift the packages away from the driving means, a common support for all the ejector-s adjustable in the frame to move the ejectors simultaneously toward or from the packages, and coacting dial and pointer membersone of which is fixed and the other connected to move with said support on the adjusting' thereoh i v 4:. In combination, a frame, rotary driving means therein having its axis substantially horizontal, said frame having means for supporting the core 01 a package to be formed in superposed relation to but so as to be movable upwardly from the driving means, a

freely revoluble eccentric having its axis substantially parallel with the first-named axis and arranged to lie-under and to be engaged by the periphery of the wound mass of the package in .thewinding thereof, a

support adjustable in the frame dl'OHIId'Zrll.

formed in contacting relation to but sofas to be moved from the driving means, a row of ejector devices-arranged to be engaged by the peripheries of the wound masses on the respective packages in the winding thereof and on such engagement shift the packages away from the driving means, a shaft extending parallel with said axis and adjustable in the frame around its ownaxis, and arms extending from said shaft and respectively'carrying said devices.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHRISTIAN L. SAAL.

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